Wednesday, May 16, 2007

High utilization of your machines before you invest

It is a “must” to know your OEE on the existing machines (bottlenecks) before you invest in extra capacity. Many companies invest in extra capacity, even though the have a very low OEE on the existing equipment. They could have saved a lot of money by using some simple tools like SMED, 5S and Lean tools to reduce the change over time and increase the up time.

More later